Telegram-herald., 1887-11-21
A GOSPEL OF HEALTH
oUN EssRNcesiN The TABERNACLE
DIR. Tsinsxs Rsisiess That the Number Of
Chri>sl=n Pagsiei<ns Is Increasing
1he W d Osfs 90 Youfh Are Gen
sr-ily soaa ia -. LIVER

Tailnage, DD. opened the service et the
tabernacle tais morning by giving out the
hyna beginning:
Should coming days - eoid sad darx.
We nesa net essss aslr singing.
That pcrfcct rest nougat can ulo.est,
Where golden hzrPs are ringing
BE thea explained pasSage IN TIE Gospel
Of 81 Matthew, concerning the inferior kind
Of salt that was CAST ont 10 make walks OF, 70
be trodden under foot Of men The subject
of DR. fslmAge's discourse was: The Cos
pei of Health, AMI rs text from Proverbs
vii. 23: "nn a dart strike through his
hvern He said:
1 preach 10 yo1 this morning the gospel Of
health. Ia taking diagnoses OF the diseases
OF the soul you must also take the diagnoses
OF the diseases OF tae body. As II 10 recog-
nlze this, one whole book OF the New Testa-
Ine,lt was written by physician Luke was
doctor, and be discourses much OF physical
effects, and hs tells Of the good Sanaritan's
medication OF the wounds by pouring in oil
and wine, and recognizes hunger as hin
dlance % hearing the Gospel, 80 that the
800 were fed, and records the sparse diet of
the prodigLl away from home, anu the eXtin-
guished eye5ight OF tho beggar by the way
side, and les u know OF the hemor-
rhags OF the wounds OF the diving
I Christ and the miraculous post-mortcm
resuscitation. And any estimate of the
spiritual condition thai does not include
also an estimate of the physical condition
is incomplete When the doorkeeper OF CON
gress fell dead from excessive JOY because
frrgoyne had sarrcncersd at Saratoga, and
/ Philip Y of Spain dropped dead az the news
OF his country's defeat in battle, and Car
dinal Wolsey expired as a result of Henry
Wits anathema. it was demonstrated that
the body and soul are Siernese twins, and
when you thrill the one with JOY or sorrow
you thrill the other. We might as well rec
ocnize the tremendous fact that there are
two mighty fortresses in the human body,
the heart and the liver-thc heart, the fortress
of all the graces; the liver, the fortress of all
the furies. You may have the head filed
with all intellectualities, and the ear with all
musical appreciation, and the mouth with all
eloquence, and the hand with ell industries,
aid the heart with all generosities, and ye.
-. dart strikes through the liver"
First, let Christian people avoid the mis-
take that they are all wrong with God be-
cause they suffer from depression of spirits.
Many q oonsccratcd man has found his spiri-
tual sky bctogged. and his hope and heaven
blo.tcd out, and himself plunged chin deep in
the Slough Of Despond, and has said: My
hear. Is not right with God, and think must
have made mistake, and instead OF being
| child of light am u child of darkness. No
! one can feel os gloomy as l feel and be a
| Christian" And he has Gone to his minister
for consolation, and he has collected FlaveIs
books, end Cecils books, and Baxter's books,
! anj read and read and read. and prayed and
I
wept, and groaned and groaned and groancd.
| fIy brother, your trouble is not with
the heart; .t is gastric disorder or
n rebellion of cie liver. You need physi-
clan more than you do clergyman. 1t is
not sin that hlots out your hope Of heaven,
but bile. 1t not only yellows your eyeball
and frrs your tongue, and makes your head
ache, but swoops upon your soul in objections
and forebodingx The devil is after you lie
has failed to despoil your character, and he
does the next best thing for him-he ruf.les
| your peace Of mind. When he says thst you
| are not a forgiven soul, when he says thcs
| YOU are not right with God, when he says
| that you viii never get to heaven, he lies.
| You are Just as sure of heaven as though you
were there already But Satan, finding that
| he cannot keep you out OF the promised land
| of Canaan, has determined that the spies
| shall not bring YOU any of the Fschol grapes
beforehand, and that you shall have nothing
but pricklv pear and crab apple. You are
| lust as good now under the cloud as You were
/ when YOU were accustomed to rise In the
morning at O'Clock to pray End sing 'sHal-
lelujah, us done" My friend, Rev. Or. Jo-
seph II. Jones, of Philadelphia, a translated
! spirit now, wrote hook entitled "Man
different the same things may appear to diff
! ferent people He says: "After the great
battle on the Mincio in 1859, between the
French and Sardinians on the one side and
the Austrians on the other, so disastrous to
the latter the defeated army retreated fol-
lowed by tho victors A description of the
march Of each army is given by two CORE
spondents of The London Times, one Of whom
Travelled with the successful host, the other
with the defeated The difference in views
and statements of the saTne place, scenes and
events is remarkable The former are said to
be marching through n beautiful and luxu-
RANT country during the day, and at night
encamping where they are supplied with an
| abundance of the best provisions and
| all sorts of rural dainties There is
nothing OF war about the proceeding
except its stimulus and excitement On
tho side Of the poor AEstrians IT Is just tho
! reverse. In his letter Of the same date. Dc
! scTibinc the seine places and march over
| the same road. TIE writer can scarcely find
words % SET forth the suffering, impatience
| and DISGUST existing around him " nat was
pleasant 10 the former was intolersble to the
| latter. What made ali this difcrencsi asks
tho journalist "Ono condition only. The
; French are victorious the Austrians have
been defeated The contrast may convey a
+ distinctive idea Of the extent 70 which moral
/ impressions affect the efBciency OF the sol
der
So. my dear brother. the road vou are
/ travelling is tho same YOU have been travel
ing long while. but tlse diTrence in your
/ physical conditions makes Il look different.
( and therefore TIE two reports you have given
/ Of yourself are as widely different IS The re-
| ports ia The Lon,lon Times from the two cor
/ respondents Edward Pavson. sometimes so
| far I'd on the mount that Il seemed as if the
/ ceutrlpetal force ~ earth could no lonreT
/ hold him. soFnet mes through a physical dis
| order ~as s0 far down taGl 20 seened IS II The
| neither world vorld clutrh him. Ciorieus
| William Cowrer was as good a. good could
! he. and VII he loved in the Chr .71 churrh b
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